Buttons go Black in Hoster

[Groove]

Gday

I have an old version of Hoster on one of my old pc's v3.319 using win xp and all of a sudden when i run hoster buttons selected goes black any idea's ???

[Roy Dennis]

I don't recollect ever hearing of this before.
Have you recently added new software or made changes in your computer settings that may have caused this ?

Have you changed any settings for your display or graphic card ?

Try using system restore to a time before this appeared and see if it corrects it.

[Beavis]

if im not wrong, 3.19 was the version that deleted all your kma's !!!

[Groove]

cheers yep i struggled getting dual display so i have been playin around with drivers etc ..... this only happens with hoster the dj software installed on the pc no issue ??? also i use Group Policy on the pc it's split in 2 ....................

[Roy Dennis]

Did these problems start after running group policy ?
I am not familiar with this tool so can't advise on it but it is a tool to restrict operations.
I can only repeat what I said before, use system restore to a time before the problems started.
Also Beavis is correct about 3.19 version could lose files.
According to the MTU updates information page 3.17 to 3.20 versions will no longer install so not sure what would happen if you tried uninstalling and re-installing unless you have copies of the prior or later execution files as they are discontinued products.
You can read this info here:
http://www.mtu.com/support/hoster-versions-1.htm

[Groove]

Thanks Roy....

We have had Group Policy all along as the pc is used for hire purposes i just recently renovated the set up and moved the PC to another road case, Doing so Dual Display stopped working so i started to try and fix that and after a week plodding along i finally got it back working and i had also altered a few things in Group Policy anyways after all of this the selected buttons in hoster has gone Black :( ............... will try a system restore or i will have to upgrade the version .........Cheers

[bryant]

Originally Posted by Groove

Thanks Roy....

We have had Group Policy all along as the pc is used for hire purposes i just recently renovated the set up and moved the PC to another road case, Doing so Dual Display stopped working so i started to try and fix that and after a week plodding along i finally got it back working and i had also altered a few things in Group Policy anyways after all of this the selected buttons in hoster has gone Black :( ............... will try a system restore or i will have to upgrade the version .........Cheers

Probably should upgrade

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by Groove

Thanks Roy....

We have had Group Policy all along as the pc is used for hire purposes i just recently renovated the set up and moved the PC to another road case, Doing so Dual Display stopped working so i started to try and fix that and after a week plodding along i finally got it back working and i had also altered a few things in Group Policy anyways after all of this the selected buttons in hoster has gone Black :( ............... will try a system restore or i will have to upgrade the version .........Cheers

As you say this all started after moving the computer to another road case, it sounds like it could have been to do with your connections somewhere in the video out to your monitor, perhaps you had a bad s/video connection so I should try another connector first to see if this is the problem. Also could you have disturbed the graphics card seating correct, If this is a desktop computer I should check inside the case that the graphics card has not dislodged it's fixing.

As to a sofware problem, first I would try the system restore to a date prior to the problem starting.
Restoring to a particular time is always reversible so if it does not help you can return to the present state.

As mentioned in previous posts, your version was prone to losing whole folders of songs that is why it was set not to install anymore. So one thing I would advise before doing anything is make sure you have a backup of all your song files.

I would normally advise upgrading to the newest version but as you say you rent this rig out you probably want to keep it as basic as possible, also upgrading to the latest version will alter the database and headers in the kma files which would make it hard to return back to present types and also make them incompatible if you have multiple rigs using your present version.
If you have a copy of an the install file for an earlier version like 3.16 then this might be the better option for you or the later 3.21a. None of these are available anymore for download so unless you have the original instal files for them then the only other option is to upgrade to the latest version.

[Groove]

Gday ..... Problem sorted !!!!!! It was a dodgy DVI to VGA converter started looking at hardware after system restore did not solve the issue ... thanks for all your input .... Was considering upgrading to the latest version but its a Windows XP pro so decided against it ...anyways it's ok now

[Roy Dennis]

Glad to hear your sorted now, thanks for letting us know how you solved it.
Will now close this thread.